The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-05-19
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


DO not buy when cheapness is the
only merit.
Never leave nails sticking in loose
boards where animals might step on
them.
Rub your stovepipe with linseed
oil, keep it in a dry place, and it will
not rust.
Boil Siberians, or crab apples,
whole, twenty five minutes; eight
ounces of sugar to a quart.
Don't compel your horses to eat
musty hay. It will produce fatal lung
trouble, and, in any event, heaves.
1t cost about one and a half cents
per pound to manufacture '~'sugarine''
by the secret formula which is in use.
Always set your hens in the even
ing rather than by daylight. They
will be more sure to stick to the nest
afterwa-d-
To produce a good gloss on linen,
pour a pint of boiling water upon two
ounces of gum arabic, cover, and let
stand over night; add a spoonful to the
starch.-Good Cheer.
Sweep carpets gently. Even rag
carpets should be treated with consid-
Grafton. A severe digging with a
broom wears the warp and scrapes out
the lint of the rags needlessly.
The value of a good horse is never
realized until he is dead or parted
with. Time spent in looking after the
comforts of the work horses is time
well spent.-Montreal Witness.
-Custard Cake.-Three eggs well
beaten, one cupful sugar, one and one
third cupfuls Of flour, six tablespoons
fuls sweet cream, two teaspoonfuls
baking powder, flavor to TASTE
Toledo Blade.
I'm regard to selling wheat from
wagons, why does not the farmer take
a sample of wheat and engage before
selling, and not be at the mercy OF
sharks in order to sell and get homer
Indiana Farmer.
DO not place raw meat directly on
ice; for the juices are apt to be with
drawn. 1t should never be left in the
wrapping paper. Put in an uncovered
dish and then set on the ice.-Fdrm,
Field and Stockman.
Milk Soup: Four potatoes, two
onions, two ounce of butter, quarter
of an ounce of salt, pepper to taste,
one pint of milk, three tablespoonful
tapioca. Boil slowly all the vegetables
with two quarts of water. Strain
through the colander. Add milk and
tapioca. Boil slowly and stir constantly
for twenty minutes. -Boston Budget.
The best remedy for roup, which is
indicated by a discharge from the nos.
trils, hoarse breathing and refusal Of
food on the part of the fowls, is to in
ject in each nostril, with a syringe OIL
sewing-machine can, two drops of a
mixture of one tablespoonful each o.
lard and crude petroleum, to which
ten drops of carbolic acid have beer
added.-1roy Times.
When files have become clogged
with oil and grease the best plan is tt
boil them for a few minutes in some
strong caustic soda water. A little
scrubbing with an old tooth brush will
be beneficial before rinsing them il
boiling water and drying them befor,
the fire. The ''pins," which are sc
harmful to fine work, can be removed
by a thin, hard piece of sheet brass
These pins may to a great extent b.
avoided by using chalk on the file if j
be used dry, or oil when that may b.
applied.
There is n branch of stock-rais
ing which is not by any means over
done, and that is the raising of mules.
As the scope of agricultural country il
| the United States increases, the greater
the demand for animals suited fol
draft purposes, and it is an acknowl
edged fact that in many sections the
mule has as many friends as the hors,
for this object. The great arguments
in favor of mules are their hardness
endurance, and the ease with which
they can be sold.-San Francisc
Chronicle.